August 1, 2010 | Posted by drrick
The subject line says it all. I have noticed that many people have attended marriage therapy, educational marriages classes that teach information regarding marriage, watch DVDs on relationships, read self-help books, etc. and yet marriages tend to keep falling apart. And, many people have attended marriage intensives that have a therapy focus, yet [...]
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January 10, 2010 | Posted by drrick
I was thinking back about when I met Louella. Well, I did not actually meet her…I saw her…from a distance. I was on active duty in the US Navy (A great decision for my life I might add) in 1981 and was attending a Tuesday night church function and I saw her. [...]
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December 25, 2009 | Posted by drrick
On this Christmas day, and at the risk of being judged unspiritual by some, I still want to share what has been pondering in my heart the past couple of days. I even made a comment about it on my Facebook page. It is about a single word, that when I hear it, I relax, [...]
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November 29, 2009 | Posted by drrick
I have sat here today watching the UF/FSU football game. The Noles lost. My family are doing different things: one at work, one at friends, and my wife and youngest son here at home with me. Today has been a day where I have done little of any consequence, and it has [...]
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October 6, 2009 | Posted by drrick
We all know that love is patient, kind, doesnt boast, etc. and yet I find myself NOT being patient, kind, selfish, etc. more often than not. I know all too well the Romans 7 struggle of the two sides! ugh!
But, I have also found that daily we have opportunity to practice love. [...]
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September 18, 2009 | Posted by drrick
I am sitting here in my office with a couple from out of town going through a HUGE stack of relationship assessment inventories (Thanks John Gottman) and while they are in the next room doing their assessments, I am sitting here in my office thinking about issues here in jacksonville and about life and relationships.
I [...]
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